Non-US-Based Accounts Created After June, 2014

Transaction times depend on the payment method you selected when you created your payee. You can view this information in your payee account (more info).

GoDaddy Auctions®

Payment differs depending on the selling price of the Premium Listing.

Note: With GoDaddy Auctions, the payment period is 5 days if the domain being purchased is registered with GoDaddy. If it is registered elsewhere, the payment period is 20 days to allow time for the payment to clear and the domain name to transfer over.

Under $5,000 USD

Sale Price of the Domain

Commission Fees

Payment Holding Period

Paid Through

$0 - $5,000

20% ($15 minimum)

5 days or 20 days (pending registration details) + Payment Timeframe

Payee selected when listed

$5,000 - $25,000

$1,000 + 15% of amount over $5k

5 days or 20 days (pending registration details) + Payment Timeframe

Payee selected when listed

$25,000+

$4,000 + 10% of amount over $25k

5 days or 20 days (pending registration details) + Payment Timeframe

Payee selected when listed

$5,000+ USD

Sale Price of the Domain

Commission Fees

Paid Through

$0 - $5,000

20% ($15 minimum)

Escrow.com

$5,000 - $25,000

$1,000 + 15% of amount over $5k

Escrow.com

$25,000+

$4,000 + 10% of amount over $25k

Escrow.com

Payment Timeframe

We release your funds on the 6th day. It might take up to five business days to submit fund to your payee if you selected PayPal or Good as Gold.

If more than 10 days has passed since you received notice of the buyer's payment, you can contact auctiondisputes@godaddy.com

Escrow.com Details

When dealing with high-value items, it is typical to process the transaction through escrow (Escrow.com, in our case). The process works like this:

At the end of the auction, the buyer submits funds to Escrow.com, which holds the funds in a non-interest bearing account.

You receive notification from Escrow.com that the buyer has paid and details to provide them the domain name.

You move the domain name to the buyer.

Once the buyer has received the domain name, they notify Escrow.com.

Escrow.com then pays you via check, ACH, or wire transfer.

Commission Examples

Here are some commission examples to help clarify the tables in the sections above:

If I sold a domain name for $3,500 now on either GoDaddy Premium or GoDaddy Auctions, it will cost me 20% or $700, no matter where it sells.

If I sold a domain name for $7,000 now on either GoDaddy Premium or GoDaddy Auctions, it will cost me 20% on the first $5k and 15% on the next $2k (to equal the $7k total), bringing the new total commission to $1,300 (20% of $5k = $1k and 15% of $2k = $300, so $1k + $300 = $1,300).

If I sold a domain name for $50,000 now on either GoDaddy Premium or GoDaddy Auctions, the commission would be $6,500. 20% of the first $5k is $1k, 15% of the next $20k is $3k, and then 10% of the remaining $25k is $2,500. $1k + $3k + $2,500 equals a total of $6,500.

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